History and chronology of Fedor von Bock in Germany

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General

Government Weimer Republic
Military
World War, 2nd

Events

Birth
Black Reichswehr
Blue
Capture Brest Lit
Capture Minsk
Capture Roznan
Commander
Death
Dismissal
Field Marshal
FMG
Invasion Belgium
Invasion Czech
Invasion France
Invasion Holland
Invasion Poland
Invasion Russia
Major
Rebellion
Siege Bryansk
Siege Moscow
Siege Yelnaya
Typhoon

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Aix la Chapelle
Brest Litiovsk
Brest Litovsk
Bryansk
Hamburg
Kustrin
Minsk
Moscow
Polish Corridor
Roznan
Thuringia
Vyazma
Warsaw
Yelnaya

Fedor von Bock History of Germany


1880	Birth
3rd Dec Kustrin Birth of Fedor von Bock
1918	Major
Appointed Major
1923	Black Reichswehr
30th Sep Thuringia Major Fedor von Bock crushes a coup attempt by the Black Reichswehr
1923	Rebellion
30th Sep Thuringia Major Fedor von Bock crushes a coup attempt by the Black Reichswehr
1939	Capture of Brest Lit
Brest Litiovsk Bocks newly formed fast motorised tank Division captures Brest-Litovsk
Brest Litovsk Bocks newly formed fast motorised tank Division captures Brest-Litovsk
1939	Capture of Roznan
5th Sep Roznan Roznan is captured by the Germans
1939	Commander
Appointed Commander of Army Group North for the invasion of Poland
1939	FMG
Creates a formation out of the 3rd & 10th Panzer & 2nd & 20th motorised Divisions
1939	Invasion of Czech
Leads the invasion of Czech
1939	Invasion of Poland
1st Sep Warsaw Has the task of seizing the Polish Corridor & threatening Warsaw from the north
5th Sep Polish Corridor The Polish Corridor is breached
1940	Field Marshal
Appointed Commander of the army groups for the western offensive
Appointed Field Marshal, 1 of 12
1940	Invasion of Belgium
May Aix la Chapelle Commands 28 Divisions from the North Sea to Aix-la-Chapelle
1940	Invasion of France
May Aix la Chapelle Commands 28 Divisions from the North Sea to Aix-la-Chapelle
10th May Cross es the borders of Belgium & Holland towards France
1940	Invasion of Holland
Leads the German invasion of Holland
May Aix la Chapelle Commands 28 Divisions from the North Sea to Aix-la-Chapelle
1941	Capture of Minsk
July Minsk Bock's AG centre troops capture Minsk
1941	Dismissal
Dismissed from the Eastern Front, following the Russian Counter-offensive in Moscow
1941	Field Marshal
Appointed Commander of the army groups in the Eastern front
1941	Invasion of Russia
Dec Moscow Admits there is no hope of "strategic success" after the failure to capture Moscow
1941	Siege of Bryansk
6th Oct Bryansk Encircles Bryansk
1941	Siege of Moscow
22nd June Moscow Responsible for the siege of Moscow
6th Oct Bryansk Encircles Bryansk
6th Oct Vyazma Encircles Vyazma
7th Nov Moscow The deadline set by Bock in Sept for surrounding Moscow is reached
Dec Moscow Admits there is no hope of "strategic success" after the failure to capture Moscow
Dec Moscow Forced back 100 miles to avoid Russian encirclement
1941	Siege of Yelnaya
Aug Yelnaya Russian divisions are sacrificed to prevent the capture of the Yelnaya rail junction
1941	Typhoon
Sep Moscow Ordered by Hitler to invade Moscow, 200 miles away
1942	Blue
July Opposes Hitler's plans to split Operation Blue into 2 parts
1942	Dismissal
July Bock is dismissed by the OKW
1945	Death
4th May Hamburg Death of Fedor von Bock during an Allied raid on Hamburg